Obama budget director offers clues to some cuts (Reuters)

Reuters - The White House budget director offered clues on Sunday to some cuts that President Barack Obama will offer in his fiscal 2012 budget proposal to answer Republican demands for deep spending reductions.

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Obama says Egypt won’t be the same country (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama says Egypt isn’t going back to being the country it was now that pro-democracy protests have roiled the Arab country the last two weeks.

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Obama denies post-election move to political center (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama denied on Sunday that he moved to the political center after his Democrats were routed in congressional elections last November, insisting, “I’m the same guy.”

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Obama says people who hate him don’t know him (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama says he doesn’t take it personally when people say they hate him. And the thing he dislikes most about being president is the constant, intense scrutiny.

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Bush’s Swiss visit canceled amid calls for his arrest (The Ticket)

The Ticket - Former President George W. Bush had been set to deliver a keynote address before a Jewish group in Switzerland this week, but the event was canceled Saturday amid threats of legal action against him over allegations he sanctioned torture of terrorism suspects. Per the Washington Post’s Peter Finn, human rights groups had called for demonstrations […]

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Reagan: Great Communicator Inspires Democrats, Republicans (Time.com)

Time.com - A century after his birth and 30 years after he took office, President Ronald Reagan’s optimistic vision and complex conservatism inspire and haunt Republicans and Democrats alike

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Egypt VP meets opposition, offers new concessions (AP)

AP - Egypt’s vice president met with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups for the first time Sunday and offered sweeping concessions, including granting press freedom and rolling back police powers in the government’s latest attempt to try to end nearly two weeks of upheaval.

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Ronald Reagan: How possible GOP presidential candidates measure up (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - When moderator Grover Norquist asked the five candidates seeking the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee to name their hero in a debate last month, he issued one restriction: someone other than Ronald Reagan.

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House Republicans go easy on cuts for Congress (AP)

AP - Republicans now running the House are barely touching Congress’ own generous budget even as they take a cleaver to many domestic agencies.

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Dems to shun corporate, PAC money at convention (AP)

AP - The Democratic National Committee plans to pay for its 2012 convention nominating President Barack Obama without donations from political action committees or corporations, a change from past gatherings.

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